COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONA collaboration brew between BrewDog and Mikkeller. This different vintage was brewed in 2009 with a 1/3rd of the beer being aged in a speyside whisky cask before being blended back with the base beer in 2010. The result is a 13.8% barley wine.
NOTE: This is a different recipe to the previous batch and is clearly labelled as Devine Rebel 2010. If the bottle does not say 2010, the rating should go under the first batch.

Bottled. A hazy dark amber with an orangey head. The aroma has strong notes of smoke, over ripe fruits, and salami. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of alcohol, wood, vinegar, smoke, and whiskey as well as notes of hops and over ripe fruits, leading to a dry alcoholic finish, where the alcohol burns the tongue. A bit over the edge for me.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours a hazy reddish dark amber with a beige head. The aroma is tart and woody, some caramel. Medium body, some alcohol, caramel and wood while some whisky notes come sailing through. Quite some alcohol burn in the finish. A bit rough. 130710

Bottled. Deep rubyish (slightly amber colour). Small off-white head. Aroma is mild alcohol, some liquorice, some slight hops as well as quite strong sweet maltyness. Flavour is liquorice, some sweet malts, mild alcohol and some slight salted liquorice in the finish. A very pleasantly balanced brew.

1st May 2010Cloudy dark-red brown beer, big frothy tan head. Light palate - dry and a little soft. This is a big beer! Port Wine and Brandy tones immediately obvious but held in check but surprising espresso coffee bitterness. The bitterness ebbs leaving strong spirity malt. Finishes a little dry with minerals, spice and a little cherry. Quite different from the original. Could do with some time though!

Tap at Churchkey, courtesy of Nahem and Paul, thank you sirs! Clear dark ruby color, thick and solid beige head. Aroma of wood and caramel. Taste of slightly sour brandy and butterscotch. More plain and straightforward than the 2009 version, and shows its strength much more.

Bottle. An unclear, dark golden beer with a small, off-white head. Big aroma, meaty and hoppy with a spiced touch. Some citrus and resins too. The flavor too is meaty and sweet, quite bitter and with a slight chalky touch. Warming and full-bodied on the palate, finishing warm and bitter. A rather nice one, too hot and slightly unclean, but a nice sipper it is. 101126

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